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Or at least, someone who is not willing to give games a go. I never understand why some people come along to a game night and not join in, or just want to swing the entertainment over to mere socialising instead of socialising over a game.

If a veggie came to a sausage (festival not appropriate so substitute required) tasting event then I would be pretty annoyed as they cannot join in by definition (meat sausages only at this event) and if they tried to dissuade us all from eating meat I would be really mad, as they whole point is to try new sausages.

A very bad analogy, but you get the gist.

For me, a non-gaming partner who:

a) either doesn't like or doesn't understand any of our favourite games, so we have to play something mindless and boring

b) doesn't even really want to be there (and are in fact only there because their gaming partner invited them), and although they'll play games it's obvious they aren't enjoying them, which sucks the fun out of gaming for everyone else

c) makes little effort to even socialise and ends up sitting there looking bored and being quiet no matter how much effort you as a host make to include them in some way

The combination of "let's play Crap Game X because Ashley's here," and the fact that Ashley has no interest in being here or playing anyway drives me mad. Why make everyone suffer?

...and videogaming, boardgaming, RPG'ing and helping users as an admin!

Chicken_Fryed_Rice wrote:

Barad_the_dwarf wrote:

an annoying gamer, you know the kind that takes ages over each turn,

On the other hand...I am new to alot of games so I may take a little bit longer than other players.

It annoys me when I set the precedent before the game that I am new to it, but I still have that veteran player rushing me every turn just so he can destroy me as quickly as possible.

O I have no problems with people that take a bit longer about a turn, but sometimes you have players that study each move for like 15 minutes before making their choice of action. When I'm new to the game I'm learning it and don't want to think this through with complete computer simulations I just go for what I think is a good move and if that takes a bit longer, no problem but please no complete analyises.

I second a few of the previous comments about certain gamers needing to shower more often. The first time my (female) friend and I went to a game night at a game store, we almost left right after we walked in because the smell was so bad. We did, however, end up staying and played games for several hours. As we left, she said, "You know what? Going to game night is really good for my self-esteem!" I asked her why that was, as she didn't win any games that whole night. She responded, "Because now I know how amazingly good I am at showering and overall personal hygiene. I pretty much rock at wearing deodorant!"

I second a few of the previous comments about certain gamers needing to shower more often. The first time my (female) friend and I went to a game night at a game store, we almost left right after we walked in because the smell was so bad. We did, however, end up staying and played games for several hours. As we left, she said, "You know what? Going to game night is really good for my self-esteem!" I asked her why that was, as she didn't win any games that whole night. She responded, "Because now I know how amazingly good I am at showering and overall personal hygiene. I pretty much rock at wearing deodorant!"

I second a few of the previous comments about certain gamers needing to shower more often. The first time my (female) friend and I went to a game night at a game store, we almost left right after we walked in because the smell was so bad. We did, however, end up staying and played games for several hours. As we left, she said, "You know what? Going to game night is really good for my self-esteem!" I asked her why that was, as she didn't win any games that whole night. She responded, "Because now I know how amazingly good I am at showering and overall personal hygiene. I pretty much rock at wearing deodorant!"

For me, I HATE it when people bring cheese puffs, or Doritos, or Cheetos. Pretty much anything that can leave a cheesy residue on my board game bits and cards. Like seriously, what the fuck are they thinking?

Have you heard of this wonderful new invention called the napkin? You should look into it.

For me, I HATE it when people bring cheese puffs, or Doritos, or Cheetos. Pretty much anything that can leave a cheesy residue on my board game bits and cards. Like seriously, what the fuck are they thinking?

Have you heard of this wonderful new invention called the napkin? You should look into it.

Have you heard of people with no common sense who don't use them when they should? Plus, napkins don't get rid of all the cheesy.

For me, I HATE it when people bring cheese puffs, or Doritos, or Cheetos. Pretty much anything that can leave a cheesy residue on my board game bits and cards. Like seriously, what the fuck are they thinking?

Have you heard of this wonderful new invention called the napkin? You should look into it.

I'm thinking of something intelligent to say... this may take a while!

Chicken_Fryed_Rice wrote:

cheng wrote:

QPCloudy wrote:

For me, I HATE it when people bring cheese puffs, or Doritos, or Cheetos. Pretty much anything that can leave a cheesy residue on my board game bits and cards. Like seriously, what the fuck are they thinking?

Have you heard of this wonderful new invention called the napkin? You should look into it.

For me, I HATE it when people bring cheese puffs, or Doritos, or Cheetos. Pretty much anything that can leave a cheesy residue on my board game bits and cards. Like seriously, what the fuck are they thinking?

Have you heard of this wonderful new invention called the napkin? You should look into it.

Game nights can be full of all kinds of crazy stuff... we've personally experienced all of these...thankfully not at the same time...

A)analysis paralysisB)blatant cheatingC)cheese puffs/cheetosD)diseases/illnessE)eating the food but never pitching in/bringing anyF)forcing your game choice on othersG)ganging up on someoneH)having to go outside and chain smoke every 2 minutesI)inattentiveJ)jamming out to loud music no one else is interested inK)kids at the tableL)lawyerly (rules) arguementsM)messy foodsN)name-callingO)open drinks on the tableP)political arguementsQ)quitting a game earlyR)religious arguementsS)sore loser/winnerT)texts/phone calls interruptingU)using your iPad/iPhone to play other games during the gameV)very active bladdersW)"Why won't you help set up or clean up?"X)x-plaining how to play games by basically reading the rulebook aloudY)yawning during rules explanations or playZ)zzZZzzzzz

Other things that have eeked there way into our game nights on occasion:

bad attitudeswriting off games as too difficult or complex without even trying themrage quittinghygieneonly paying attention to the game on "your" turnnot taking care of the game or its componentsliesselfishnessganging up on someone...